Here are some of last week’s highlights in gaming, movies, and more:
Bungie detailed the future of Destiny by revealing Destiny 2: Beyond Light
The expansion is slated to release on September 22
Bungie also detailed this summer’s season of Destiny 2, Season of Arrivals
Bungie teased a reveal for Year 4 of Destiny 2, with more information to come during a reveal event on June 9
Developer Hello Games’ Sean Murray announced that as of June 11, No Man’s Sky will be updated to include cross-platform play on all platforms (via Hello Games)
Developer The Outsiders, a studio headed by David Goldfarb (game director on Payday 2 and lead designer on Battlefield 3 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2), announced their first game titled Metal: Helsinger
A hybrid FPS and rhythm game featuring a slew of metal bands, the game releases on current and next generation consoles as well as PC sometime in 2021
Sega announced a remake of Master System classic Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Developed by Merge Games (Streets of Rage 4, Moonlighter), the remake is set to release sometime in 2021
Season 4 of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (and Warzone) has released, dropping new maps, weapons, modes, and fan-favorite Captain Price as a playable operator into the game
Sony live-streamed the reveal of the PlayStation 5, as well as reveal trailer for several triple-A and indie games planning to release on the system, with highlights including:
Grand Theft Auto V will release on PlayStation 5 in 2021
PlayStation Plus subscribers will get free access to GTA Online when it releases, and PS4 owners will get access to $1 million in game currency per month until the game launches
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales was announced
A standalone title in the Spider-Man game series, the game will release this Holiday
Square Enix revealed Project Athia, a new game coming from deveoper Lumious Studios and a team of writers led by Gary Whitta (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Book of Eli)
A new Ratchet & Clank game, titled Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, will come to PlayStation 5
The title does not yet have a release date
Stray, an indie game made by French developer BlueTwelve Studio and published by Annapurna Interactive, is coming to PlayStation 5 in 2021
Returnal, a sci-fi horror shooter from developer Housemarque (Resogun, Nex Machina)
A new Little Big Planet-themed platformer, titled Sackboy: A Big Adventure is coming to the PS5
A destruction derby-themed racer/action game titled Destruction AllStars was revealed
Oddworld: Soulstorm, the first entry in the classic Oddworld puzzle platformer series in several years, had its reveal gameplay trailer during the event
Indie developer Ember Lab revealed action adventure game Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Previously known for their animation work, this is Ember Lab’s first video game
First getting revealed last year at E3 2019, Tango Gameworks’ (The Evil Within series) Ghostwire: Tokyo showed off a first look at in-game footage
Indie developers Superbrothers (Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Sound Shapes) and Pine Scented revealed their next game in the form of JETT: The Far Shore
The cinematic adventure game arrives on PS5 this holiday
Developer Counterplay Games and Gearbox revealed a first look at Godfall, coming to PS5 and the Epic Games Store this holiday
2K Games showed a first look at NBA 2K21, coming this holiday and featuring New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson
The next entry in the long-running Gran Turismo racing series, Gran Turismo 7 was revealed
Indie developer Heart Machine (Hyper Light Drifter) showed off another look at their second game, Solar Ash
Develop IO Interactive revealed a first look at Hitman 3, coming in January 2021
Astro’s Playroom, a sequel to 2018’s VR action platformer Astrobot Rescue Mission, was announced for PlayStation 5
Little Devil Inside, the first game developed by indie studio Neostream Interactive
The game will come to PS5 as a timed exclusive
Octodad developer Young Horses revealed their next game, Bugsnax
The game is set to release on PS4, PS5, and Epic Games Store this holiday
A remake of the cult classic Demon’s Souls, originally developed by FromSoftware in 2009 for the PS3, was announced
The remake is being developed by veteran remake and port studio Bluepoint Games (Shadow of the Colossus, Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection)
Developer Arkane Studios (Dishonored series, Prey) showed off the first footage of their next game, Deathloop
The first-person action shooter will arrive first on PS5 and PC this year
Capcom revealed Resident Evil Village, the eighth main games in the long-running Resident Evil series
A story sequel to Resident Evil 7, the survival horror series returns sometime in 2021
Capcom also revealed Pragmata, a new game IP set to release sometime in 2022
Guerrilla Games revealed their sequel to 2017’s Horizon Zero Dawn, titled Horizon Forbidden West
The PlayStation 5 exclusive does not yet have a release date
To end their presentation, Sony finally revealed the PlayStation 5 console hardware
The console will come in two form factors, with a Digital Edition featuring no disc drive
No price point for either console has been revealed as of yet
In Nintendo news, a new trailer for Paper Mario: The Origami King was released showcasing the title’s action-RPG gameplay
Paper Mario: The Origami King releases on July 17 for Nintendo Switch
Developer Larian Studios announced tentative plans to launch Baldur’s Gate 3 in early access by August
Disco Elysium, last year’s multi-award winning hit RPG, is now available on the Epic Games Store
Acclaimed JRPG Persona 4 Golden received a surprise release on Steam on June 13
Originally re-released on PlayStation Vita in 2012 (with the original launching on PS2 in 2008), Persona 4 Golden features several updates to the original game
In movie news, the first trailer for Bill and Ted Face the Music was released
The third Bill and Ted movie (the first in almost thirty years) arrives sometime this year
The first trailer for horror film You Should Have Left was released
Produced by Blumhouse and based on the 2017 novel of the same name, the film will release to on demand services on June 18
Chrstopher Nolan’s Tenet, as well as several other high-profile film set to release over the next year have been pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic (via Cinemablend)
And now a list of some of last week’s notable releases in games and movies
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